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GENUS LIBOCEDRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Libocedrus mean?
• GENUS LIBOCEDRUS (noun)
The noun GENUS LIBOCEDRUS has 1 sense:
1. cypresses that resemble cedars
Familiarity information: GENUS LIBOCEDRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cypresses that resemble cedars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Libocedrus; Libocedrus
Hypernyms ("genus Libocedrus" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Libocedrus"):
incense cedar (any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood)
kawaka; Libocedrus plumosa (New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress)
Libocedrus bidwillii; mountain pine; pahautea (evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka)
Holonyms ("genus Libocedrus" is a member of...):
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)
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